Effusiveness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  effusiveness \ef*fu"sive*ness\ n.
     a friendly open trait of a talkative person; enthusiasm
     exhibited with little restraint.
  
     Syn: expansiveness.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  effusive \ef*fu"sive\, a.
     1. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. [archaic] "Washed with
        the effusive wave." --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Geol.) formed by an outpouring of molten lava, or
        pertaining to rocks so formed.
        [PJC]
  
     3. overly demonstrative; expressing emotion in an
        unrestrained manner; exhibiting unrestrained enthusiasm;
        -- of people and human actions; as, effusive thanks; an
        effusive letter of recommendation. Contrasted with
        {reserved}. [WordNet sense 1+2]
  
     Syn: gushing, gushy, burbling, burbly. [PJC]
  
     {Effusive rocks} (Geol.), volcanic rocks formed by a
        nonexplosive outpouring of lava in molten or plastic form;
        in distinction from so-called {intrusive}, or {plutonic},
        rocks. -- {Ef*fu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Ef*fu"sive*ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  effusiveness
       n : a friendly open trait of a talkative person [syn: {expansiveness}]